Millennials are hard to get along with, according to statistics

Millennials, also known as "Generation Y", are young people born between the 1980s and the end of the last millennium. They are currently entering the job market and becoming an increasingly important part of the workforce in most companies. But statistics suggest they are also quite hard to get along with, often being unreasonably demanding. This article will describe some of the areas in which conflicts most often occur between millennials and their colleagues.

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Company culture

According to HR Director, more and more people are leaving their job and choosing a new position according to the culture of the given employer. This is a crucial issue for 75% of employees. But this figure is much higher when it comes to millennials, who expect the company they work for to reflect their priorities and expectations. Moreover, the company should also bear in mind such "global" incentives as ecology, sustainability and so on. If you want to attract and retain millennial employees, you must appeal to them via your company culture.

Technologies

For Generation Y, modern technologies are an essential part of their daily life. If millennials are expected to work with obsolete technologies, they become very frustrated. The same thing happens if their colleagues do not know how to use the company's internal technologies and thus complicate their work. Technologies, their quality, modernity and ways of use are a major source of conflict with millennials.

Training and advancement

Millennials often expect an individual approach on the part of the employer. They choose their job positions according to career prospects and opportunities for training. Members of Generation Y are impatient: they expect continuous training, education, regular wage increases and career advancement. Older generations are more satisfied in one job position for many years without any major promotion, which is what makes them so different from millennials.

Deeper meaning

Millennials do not want to work only for money. They realise that they spend most of the time they are awake at work and have no desire to devote this time to something they do not believe in or which has no deeper meaning for them. Millennials want to be proud of their job; they want to be able to say they are doing something good. Thus if they find joy in their work, they are willing to do it even for less money.

 

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Article source HR DIRECTOR - British website for HR directors and senior HR managers
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